25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 1 and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age 2 equipped with spears and shields. 3
25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people 4 of Seir and made them his personal gods. 5 He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.
1 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.
2 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”
3 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”
4 tn Heb “sons.”
5 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”